大学英语四级阅读理解训练

大学英语四级阅读理解训练（一）

Classified advertising is that advertising which is grouped in certa in sections of the paper and is thus distinguished from display adv ertising. Such groupings as “Help Wanted”,“Real Estate”,“Lost a nd Found” are made, the rate charged being less than for display advertising. Classified advertisements are a convenience to the r eader and a saving to the advertiser.

The reader who is interested in a particular kind of advertisemen t finds all

advertisements of that type grouped for him. The advertisers may , on this account, use a very small advertisement if it were place d among larger advertisements in the paper. It is evident that the reader approaches the classified advertisement in a different fra me of mind from that in which he approaches the other advertise ments in the paper. He turns to a page of classified advertisemen ts to search for the particular

advertisement that will meet his needs. As his attention is volunt ary, the advertiser does not need to rely too much extent on displ ay type to get the reader’s attention. Formerly all classified adve rtisements were of the same size and did not have display type. With the increase in the number of such advertisements, however , each advertiser within a certain group is competing with others

in the same group for the reader’s attention. In many cases, the r esult has been an increase in the size of the space used and the a ddition of headlines and pictures. In that way, the classified adve rtisement has in reality advertisement. This is particularly true of real estate advertising?

1. All of the following facts are advantages of classified advertise ment for advertisers EXCEPT that ____.

A) classified advertisement charges less money

B) it is easier to attract the attention of the target consumers C) it provides more information for the readers D) it does not have t o rely too much on display type

2. One of the examples given of types of classified advertisement is ____ A) houses for sale

B) people who are asking for help C) people who are lost D) job v acancies

3. What sort of attitude do people have when they look at classifi ed advertisement, according to the writer?

A) They are in the frame of mind to buy anything. B) They are loo king for something they need.

C) They feel lost because there are so many advertisements. D) T hey feel the same as when they look at display advertisements. 4．According to the passage, in which way have the classified ad

vertisements changed nowadays?

A) They depend more on display type. B) More money is charged f or them. C) They are divided into more groups. D) They are less f ormal.

5．Why have classified advertisements changed in appearance? A ) Because people no longer want headlines and pictures. B) Becau se real estate advertising is particularly truthful now.

C) Because the increase in the number of such advertisements m eans they have to be small now.

D) Because there are more advertisements now and more compet ition among advertisers.

答案与解析： 1. C

分类广告的优越性不包括为读者提供更多的信息。事实辨析题。从文中可看出，分类广告的优越性在于收费低、无需很多的展现形式，以及更易吸引对某类广告感兴趣的读者的注意力，因此A，B，D都正确。文中唯独没有提到C。 2. A

房地产业就是分类广告的其中一块。细节题。本题考察对“Real Estate”的理解，它的意思是“房地产”，故选项A 正确。 3. B 当读者看分类广告时，他们会搜索自己需要的信息。事实辨析题。从文中可知，读者在看分类广告时和看展示广告的注意力的模式是不一样的，他们会去浏览自己感兴趣的类别，查找所需信息。故选项B正确。

4. A

根据文章，分类广告更多地依赖展现形式。推断题。文章最后指出，由于竞争的加剧，分类广告商们不得不用大标题和图片来吸引读者的注意力。故选项A正确。 5. D

因为现在更多广告的投入和广告商之间的竞争日益加剧，所以分类广告不断变化形式。事实辨析题。文中指出，分类广告的变化是由于“With the increase in the number of such advertisements, howe ver, each advertiser within a certain group is competing with oth ers in the same group for the reader’s attention”，故选项D正确。大学英语四级阅读理解训练（二）

Psychologists take opposing views of how external rewards, from warm praise to old cash, affect motivation and creativity. Behavi orists, who study the relation between actions and, argue that re wards can improve performance at work and school. Some other r esearchers who study various aspects of mental life, maintain tho se rewards often destroy creativity byencouraging dependence on approval and gifts from others. The latter view has gained many supporters, especially among educators. But the careful use of s mall monetary rewards sparks in grade-school children suggesting that properly presented inducements indeed aid inventiveness, a ccording to a study in the June Journal Personality and Social Psy chology.

“If they know they're working for a reward and can focus on a re latively challenging task, they show the most creativity,” says Ro bert Esenberger of the University of Delaware in Newark. “But it's easy to kill creativity by giving rewards for poor performance or creating too much anticipation for rewards.”

A teacher who continually draws attention to rewards or who han ds out high grades for ordinary achievement ends up with uninspi red students, Esenberger holds. As an example of the latter point , he notes growing efforts at major universities to tighten grading standards and restore falling grades.

In earlier grades, the use of so-called token economics, in which students handle challenging problems and receive performance-b ased points toward valued rewards, shows promise in raising effor t and creativity, the Delaware psychologist claims. 1. Psychologist s are divided with regard to their attitudes toward ____. A) the c hoice between spiritual encouragement and monetary rewards B) the appropriate amount of external rewards C) the study of rel ationship between actions and

D) the effects of external rewards on students' performance

2. What is the view held by many educators concerning external r ewards for students? A) They approve of external rewards. B) The y don't think external rewards. C) They have doubts about extern

al rewards.

D) They believe external rewards can motivate small children, bu t not college students. 3. According to the result of the study me ntioned in the passage, what should educators do to stimulate m otivation and creativity? A) Give rewards for performances which deserve them. B) Always promise rewards.

C) Assign tasks which are not very challenging.

D) Be more lenient to students when mistakes are made.

4. It can be inferred from the passage that major universities are trying to tighten their grading standards because they believe __ __.

A) rewarding poor performance may kill the creativity of students ’ B) punishment is more effective than rewarding

C) failing uninspired students helps improve their overall academi c standards D) discouraging the students anticipation for easy re wards is matter of urgency 5．Which of the following facts about “token economics” is not correct? A) Students are assigned chal lenging tasks. B) Rewards are given for good performances.

C) Students are evaluated according to the effort they put into th e task. D) With token economics, students’ creativity can be en hanced. 答案与解析： 1. D

心理学家认为外界的奖励对学生会有不同的影响。事实辨析题。根据

文章第一句话“Psychologists take opposing views of how external re wards, fro m warm praise to old cash, affect motivation and creativity”可知，心理学家的分歧在于来自外界的奖励对学生的积极性和创造性究竟有什么影响，故选项D正确.

2. C

许多教育家对外界的奖励持怀疑态度。

文章第二段第一句话提到，后一种观点得到了许多教育工作者的支持，从第一段中可知，后一种观点是：奖励会促使学生对别人的赞许和馈赠产生依赖心理，因此奖励会破坏创造精神。由此可知，他们对奖励的正面作用持怀疑态度。故选项C正确。 3. A

根据文中的研究结果表明，教育家通过给予学生应得的奖励来提高他们的积极性和创造性。文章第三段指出，给予学生恰当的奖励，可使他们发挥更大的创造性，但如果对糟糕的表现也给予奖励，或让学生对奖励有太多的期许，反而会扼杀创造性。故选项A正确。 4. B

从文中可以得知，一些重点大学试图加强等级标准，因为他们相信惩罚比奖励更有效。事实辨析题。从文中第四段可知，许多大学之所以严格考试的评分标准，是因为“A teacher ... who hands out high grades for ordinary achieveme nt ends up with uninspired students”。选项B 与此意相同。 5. C 根据学生的表现对他们作出评价。事实辨析题。根据最后一段的意思，在这种奖励制度下，要根据学生的表现对他们做出评价，而不仅仅是

他们花费了多少精力来完成任务，故选项C正确。

大学英语四级阅读理解训练（三）

country.This may occur as an attempt to over-identify with the n ew culture in order to be accepted by the people in it.

1.The expression "he or she is like fish out of water"suggests ___ ___. a.people away from their cultures can hardly survive in a new culture b.a fish can not survive without water

c.people away from their culture experience mental isolation

d.people away from their culture have difficulties in new environ ment 2.In order to identify with the new environment,some pe ople may ______. a.give an exaggerated picture of their own c ountry b.criticize the positive aspects of their own county c.a bandon their original beliefs d.accept a temporary set of values

3.Which of the following statements is true according to the aut hor? a.Perplexity results in culture shock.

b.A typical symptom of cultur shock is confusion.

c.Culture sh ock is the explanation of anxiety.

d.Culture shock happens to fo reign students only. 4.Newcomer may worry about ______. a. their ignorance of the alien customs

b.their knowledge of "Yes" in the native language

c.their unde rstanding of friendship

d.their control of their behavior

5.When the foreign visitor is immersed in new problems he finds hard to cope whith,he is most likely to feel ______. a.uninsure d b.deprived c.alienated d.baffled

答案：c d a d b c

大学英语四级阅读理解训练（八）

Social change is more likely to occur in societies where there is a mixture of different kinds of people than in societies where peopl e are similar in many ways. The simple reason for this is that ther e are more different ways of looking at things present in the first kind of society. There are more ideas, more disagreements in inte rest, and more groups and organizations with different beliefs. In addition, there is

usually a greater worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed societies. All these factors tend to promote social change by ope ning more areas of life to decision. In a society where people are quite similar in many ways, there are fewer occasions for people to see the need or the opportunity for change because everything seems to be the same. And although conditions may not be satisf actory, they are at least customary and undisputed.

Within a society, social change is also likely to occur more frequ

ently and more readily in the material aspects of the culture tha n in the non-material, for example, in technology rather than in v alues; in what has been learned later in life rather than what was learned early; in the less basic and less emotional aspects of soci ety than in their opposites; in the simple elements rather than in the complex ones; in form rather than in substance; and in eleme nts that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange ele ments.

Furthermore, social change is easier if it is gradual. For exampl e, it comes more readily in human relations on a continuous scale rather than one with sharp dichotomies. This is one reason why c hange has not come more quickly to Black Americans as compare d to other American minorities, because of the sharp difference i n appearance between them and their white counterparts. 1.T he passage is mainly discussing __________ . a.the necessity of social change

b.certain factors that determine the ease with which social cha nges occur

c.two different societies

d.certain factors that promote social change

2.______ is one of the factors that tend to promote social chang

e. a.Joint interest b.Different points of view c.Less emotio nal people d.Advanced technology

3.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

a.Social change tends to meet with more difficulty in basic and emotional aspects of society.

b.Disagreement with and argume nt about conditions tend to slow down social change.

c.Social c hange is more likely to occur in the material aspect of society.

d.Social change is less likely to occur in what people learned wh en they were young. 4.The expression "greater tolerance"(parag raph 1) refers to _____ . a."greater willingness to accept social change" b."quicker adaptation to changing circumstances" c." more respect for different beliefs and behavior"

d."geeater readiness to agree to different opinions and ideas"

5.Social change is less likely to occur in a society where people are quite similar in many ways because ________ .

a.people there have got so accustomed to their conditions that they seldom think it necessary to change

b.people there have identical needs that can be satisfied witho ut much difficulty

c.people there are easy to please

d.people there are less disputed 答案：b b b c a

大学英语四级阅读理解训练（九）

As a reliable travel agency, we really do try to describe our cente

rs and accommodation as realistically as possible. All our Super C enters and Main Centers have been extensively investigated durin g the winter season 1975-1976. As a result we have first-hand inf ormation on the way in which hotels, life networks and ski school s, etc. operate during the season. We have not been able to inves tigate, at first hand, all our Independent Centers during the last s eason but all have been visited during the past three seasons. Sh ould you need any more information about these centers we will try to get it for you. Our American centers have been investigate d on our behalf by United Airlines T ours Department and by the U . S. tour operators who are assisting United and ourselves to offer you this novel program to the United States.

Where possible we have eliminated the use of superlatives from t he text (possibly making our brochure(小册子) less attractive to read than it might be) and have concentrate d on as accurate a description as possible. Nevertheless you shoul d bear in mind that your opinion and the opinion of our investigat or might differ and there may be changes between the time of a visit by our investigator and the visit of one of our customers. We trust that it is evident to you that we have done all in our po wer to eliminate misdescription and that there really is no questi on of misrepresenta-tion on our part—either careless or otherwis

e. We welcome your constructive criticism—it is the best way we know of improving our brochures and our service. Although compl aints are very expensive to handle, your complaint or criticism wi ll be thoroughly investigated and a refund (退赔 ) made if it is justified—none will be made if it isn"t. 26. The firm claims that all its wint er sports centers have been the recent target of A. a program of personal visits B. intensive enquiries about facilities C. attempts to increase hotel accommodation D. an improved information se rvice

27. The "Independent Centers" were personally inspected_______ .

A. the year before last

B. three years ago

C. between 1975 and 1976

D. within the last three seasons 28. T he program of tours to the United States appears to be_______.

A. a new collaboration with U. S. travel firms

B. newly taken ove r by U. S. tour operations

C. a new independent venture

D. orga nized by United Airlines

29. Their brochure would be more attractive to read, they say, if _______. A. it were less truthful B. it used fewer superlatives C. it eliminated description D. it were more encouraged 30. The fir m"s claim is that their program is improved by_______. A. helpfu

l fault-finding by customers

B. attractive description of the centers in every brochure

C. a st andard policy of prompt repayment

D. careful control of the hot els 答案：26. A 27. D 28. A 29. A 30. A

大学英语四级阅读理解训练（十）

As a reliable travel agency, we really do try to describe our cente rs and accommodation as realistically as possible. All our Super C enters and Main Centers have been extensively investigated durin g the winter season 1975-1976. As a result we have first-hand inf ormation on the way in which hotels, life networks and ski school s, etc. operate during the season. We have not been able to inves tigate, at first hand, all our Independent Centers during the last s eason but all have been visited during the past three seasons. Sh ould you need any more information about these centers we will try to get it for you. Our American centers have been investigate d on our behalf by United Airlines T ours Department and by the U . S. tour operators who are assisting United and ourselves to offer you this novel program to the United States.

Where possible we have eliminated the use of superlatives from the text (possibly making our brochure(小册子) less attractive to read than it might be) and have concentrate

d on as accurat

e a description as possible. Nevertheless you shoul d bear in mind that your opinion and the opinion o

f our investigat or might differ and there may be changes between the time of a visit by our investigator and the visit of one of our customers. We trust that it is evident to you that we have done all in our p ower to eliminate misdescription and that there really is no quest ion of misrepresenta-tion on our part—either careless or otherwis e. We welcome your constructive criticism—it is the best way we know of improvin

g our brochures and our

service. Although complaints are very expensive to handle, your c omplaint or criticism will be thoroughly investigated and a refund (退赔 ) made if it is justified—none will be made if it isn"t. 26. The firm claims that all its win ter sports centers have been the recent target of A. a program of personal visits B. intensive enquiries about facilities C. att empts to increase hotel accommodation D. an improved inform ation service

27. The "Independent Centers" were personally inspected______ _. A. the year before last B. three years ago

C. between 1975 and 1976

D. within the last three seasons 28. The program of tours to the United States appears to be_______.

A. a new collaboration with U. S. travel firms

B. newly taken

over by U. S. tour operations C. a new independent venture

D. organized by United Airlines

29. Their brochure would be more attractive to read, they say, i f_______. A. it were less truthful B. it used fewer superlatives C. it eliminated description D. it were more encouraged 30. T he firm"s claim is that their program is improved by_______. A. helpful fault-finding by customers

B. attractive description of the centers in every brochure

C. a standard policy of prompt repayment

D. careful control of the hotels 答案：26. A 27. D 28. A 29. A 30. A

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英语四级阅读理解练习附答案 导读：我根据大家的需要整理了一份关于《英语四级阅读理解练习附答案》的内容，具体内容：下面是我整理的，希望对大家有帮助。Culture is one of the most challenging elements of the international ma... 下面是我整理的，希望对大家有帮助。 Culture is one of the most challenging elements of the international marketplace. 『This system of learned behavior patterns characteristic of the members of a given society is constantly shaped by a set of dynamic variables: language, religion, values and attitudes, manners and customs, aesthetics, technology, education, and social institutions.』① To cope with this system, an international manager needs both factual and interpretive knowledge of culture. To some extent, the factual knowledge can be learned; its interpretation comes only through experience. The most complicated problems in dealing with the cultural environment stem from the fact that one cannot learn culture—one has to live it. Two schools of thought exist in the business world on how to deal with cultural diversity. One is that business is business the world around, following the model of Pepsi and McDonalds. In some cases, globalization is a fact of life; however, cultural differences are still far from converging.

大学英语四级快速阅读技

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如果选项中出现指代词时，往往该选项不能放在首句，要注意指代成立的条件。 快速阅读的解题技巧(3) 如果选项中出现一组反义词时，往往有一个是干扰选项，它注重考察的是对于文章框架结构的理解，要求考生理解整篇文章的语境色彩。 快速阅读的解题技巧(4) 如果选项中出现一组近义词时，往往也有一个是干扰选项，它注重考察的是词汇的精确理解，要求考生分析清楚其细微的区别。 快速阅读的解题技巧(5) 如果选项为连词时，要关注上下句内在的逻辑关系。常见的逻辑关系有：因果，并列平行，递进，强对比，前后意思一致等。 快速阅读的解题技巧(6) 要有总体观，不必按顺序作题。先把自己最有把握的词选出，然后删除该选项，为吃不准的选项缩小选择范围。 2017年快速判定英语四级文章主题3个技巧 快速判定主题的技巧(1) 读文章时重点关注文章的首段和首末句。按照西方人习惯性的思维方式和写作习惯，他们惯用的是演绎法：即文章一开始先扔出自己的核心观点，然后具体一步步论证。 根据统计，每一段的第一句、第二句和最后一句话为本段的主题句的概率分别为50%、20%、20%，三句话成为主题句的概率超过九成，当然也就成为我们阅读的重中之重。

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